Title :
Installation and in-service OTDR testing for "Virtual Common Space:" a CWDM-based business access method
Author :
Frigo, N.J. ; Stodden, M.W. ; lannone, P.P. ; Reichmann, K.C.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs-Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a method for serving multiple independent "fiber-to-the-floor" customers in large buildings by using emerging CWDM equipment. We demonstrate installation and in-service testing techniques using CWDM OTDR, evaluating "signal-to-OTDR" and "OTDR-to-signal" impairments.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; wavelength division multiplexing; CWDM equipment; OTDR-to-signal; business access method; fiber-to-the-floor; in-service OTDR testing technique; installation; optical time domain reflectometry; signal-to-OTDR; virtual common space;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
